Night again shut in; and overcome by a train of doubts, in whichdespondence held the greatest share he threw himself on his bed, though unable to close his eyes.
The fit of despondence which threatened to succeed this last melancholy reflection was interrupted by the sudden entrance of Euphemia.
Who thus laments his loss invites distress, And magnifies a woe that might be less, Through dull despondence to his lot resign'd, And leaving reason's remedy behind.
I smiled at the despondence in her tone as I extinguished the kerosene lamp-light.
I suppose now that they're as near got a vote as we have, they'll be poked everywhere just the same as if they had as good a right as us," said the boy with the despondence of one to whom all is lost.
I don't suppose he ever thinks of me at all any other way," she said with the despondence of love.
In the train, her despondence was deepened by the thought of having to give an account of the day's experiences when she arrived.
Even the period of his bashfulness and despondence had a tender charm in looking back at it.
From this pinnacle of elation and pride they were precipitated to the abyss of despondence or dejection, by the account of the miscarriage at St. Cas, which buoyed up the spirits of the French in the same proportion.
Clark, who was still at the Falls, seeing the necessity for rousing the people from their despondence and desirous of punishing the foe, proposed to a council of officers an expedition against the Indian towns on Miami and Scioto.
She strove in vain to put the most favourable construction on what she saw; and, finally, imputed the effects of his despondence to the alienation of his heart.
But she listened in listlessdespondence to their discourse, and answered, that to be reconciled to guilt, and habituated to disgrace, was to be sunk in the last abyss of infamy.
Her heart bled as she ran over this testimony of the anguish and despondence which preyed on the heart of Lady Adelina.
The cold and almost stern civility of Lord Montreville, for the little time Emmeline had seen him, had created despondence and uneasiness in her bosom.
Here let the murmurs of despondence cease: There is a God--believe--and part in peace!
Duty and desire were equally urgent to be heard; he shrunk in utter despondence from the two objects that seemed to personify both, and retreated, to the utmost of his power, from the sight of either.
Upon these were clustered many pagans, who shot at them both arrows and darts, but with so little energy, that it seemed as if despondence or fatuity had robbed them of their usual vigour.
This was precisely the state of things to tame her spirit into submission and inaction; and, almost insensibly to herself, she began to accommodate her deportment to her condition, substituting anxiety for anger, and despondence for decision.
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